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Short-Track Roundup: USAC National Sprint Car Series prize fund to top $1 million

March 17, 2012

USAC National Sprint Car Series drivers will race for more money in 2012.

The USAC National Sprint Car Series has increased financial rewards to its competitors for the 2012 campaign.

All USAC National Sprint Car Series events, with 47 on the calendar, will pay a minimum of $5,000 to win and $500 to start. The Eastern Swing will offer $6,000 to win and $600 to start.

Six events will pay $10,000 or more to win, making 2012 one of the richest seasons in history, with more than $1 million in purses for the series. USAC will also reward the top 10 in owner points entering each racing event with an additional incentive worth approximately $200 per night.

King and his court

Their legendary father, Brent Kaeding, might be known in racing as the king of California, but Tim and Bud Kaeding were the kings of Las Vegas on March 8.

Older brother Bud Kaeding won the USAC West Coast 360 Sprint Car Series feature at the DirtTrack at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, while younger brother Tim Kaeding followed him up by scoring his seventh career World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series victory in the nightcap at the half-mile dirt track.

The World of Outlaws moved on to California, where Joey Saldana became the fifth different winner in five features this season on Saturday night.

Bloomington Speedway changes hands

Bloomington (Ind.) Speedway owners Mike and Judy Miles have turned over the reins of the quarter-mile dirt track to Bloomington Speedway Partners, LLC.

The new ownership group includes local Bloomington businessman Jack Craig, veteran sprint-car racing family Dan and Brenda Roberts, Bruce Leer (owner of Leer Motorsports) and Dale Dillon, principal of Dillon Racing.

Back in the win column

Preston Peltier, who won the 2010 Pro All-Star Series national Late Model championship but went winless in 2011, got back to victory lane in Saturday night's opener for the PASS South division at South Carolina's Dillon Motor Speedway.

The World of Outlaws Late Model Series added to its schedule with races at I-77 Raceway Park in Ripley, W.Va., on May 27; North Central Speedway in Brainerd, Minn., on July 14; and Iowa's Independence Motor Speedway on Aug. 6. . . . The USAC National Sprint Car Series has added a Sept. 7 event at I-30 Speedway in Arkansas. . . . The Must See Xtreme Sprint Series is expanding to include a supermodified series for the first time this season.